Gwen Shamblin was a controversial Christian diet guru and the leader of what some call a cult right in the middle of Brentwood.
But Shamblin was also a mom and now, for the first time anywhere, her son is speaking out about what he witnessed at her side through almost all of that controversy.
Michael Shamblin, now 43, saw it all — and he said he also regrets it all.
TONIGHT AT 6: Michael Shamblin talks about his mother
“I look back on my life and go: ‘What were we doing? What was I thinking?'” Michael Shamblin said in an exclusive interview with NewsChannel 5 Investigates.
It was, in many ways, the most unlikely of interviews.
Kevin Wisniewski/WTVFFor more than 20 years, it’s a story that has fascinated me and a lot of America — the story of how Gwen Shamblin went from being a popular Christian diet guru to what some considered to be a cult leader, heading up the Remnant Fellowship.
Gwen Shamblin, who began her career with a diet program that she called the Weigh Down Workshop, was the focus of NewsChannel 5 investigations in 2001 and 2004.